Samsung’s Galaxy S6 is a fantastic Smartphone. It represents an entirely new design direction from Samsung, with glass and carefully machined aluminum where there was once dimpled plastic that looked a lot like a Band-Aid. That’s Samsung’s attempt to keep up with the iPhone, which has entered the big-phone market with no subtlety and lots of success. They’re almost certainly going to be enormously popular. But maybe you find it boring. Maybe it’s disappointing that the new Android standard-bearer looks so much like an Apple product. Your reaction to the S6 Edge will likely be “whoa, that’s weird looking” to the more straight-laced Galaxy S6. You pay Rs. 6000 more, and in return you get a curved phone. Though it’s the same size, same resolution, the screen just rolls right over the edge. There were curved phones before. Last year, LG debuted the G Flex, and Samsung the Note Edge, two different smartphone takes on the same idea—curves. But I’ve spent some quality time with the new S6 Edge, and I’m not so impressed. The S6 Edge is only really worth it for a specific kind of person.
Before I start ranting about “why you should not buy The S6 Edge”
, let me clear up some things first. There are tons and tons of things the S6
Edge gets you like Eye-catching design, a better TouchWiz Android skin, and a
really sexy camera, then again, so does the normal S6. And when it comes to the
Edge half of the equation, it all feels pretty…..
I didn’t feel right as soon as I picked up the phone. Because of the flat back and rounded screen, it’s almost like holding a normal smartphone—but backwards.
Actually, the only way you can use the side screen is when
the phone is completely off, and even then you have to summon the ticker with
perhaps the most awkward gesture ever which is indeed so frustrating and
limited.
The only “yeah that’s okay-ish” feature, “exclusive” to the S6
Edge, is where you can swipe from the edge of the screen to pull up a very
iOS-like frosted glass window with quick access to your favorite contacts.
That’s cool and all, but there are apps that already do that but even better and
you don’t really need a curved edge to use it.
The only thing that’s actually unique to the Edge is when a friend
calls—if you’ve assigned them to your favorite contacts—the edges will glow a
certain color so you can see who’s calling, even if your phone is face down on
a surface. If you’re busy, you can double tap on the heart rate sensor to send
a pre-selected text. Its pretty sassy, but a pretty limited use case. I had the
feature active for a few days and never used it once. Reading on a dual-edged
device is very quirky like comics for
example, can distort the image along the edges of the screen.
I guess that makes sense. Samsung’s Note has always been seen as
the productive one, and the S series the pretty one. If the edges on the S6
Edge are just there to look good, that’s not too surprising. the only thing
you’re buying for Rs. 6000—it’s cosmetics, not convenience.
The Edge looks great, and so far is the exact copy cat of S6 in
terms of performance and battery life. and Rs.6000 just doesn’t make sense for
me, and I suspect most people will feel the same.But if you want The Next Big
Thing—just to show it off—well, that’s what the S6 Edge is for.
-Sahithi Boinpally.
-Sahithi Boinpally.
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